Member shukocarl Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 Does anyonre know why Ji Han Jae gets no screen credit in Robert Clouse's version of Game of Death? Good ol' Chuck Norris does yet his 'role' is lifted from Way of the Dragon while Ji was part of the original shooting. Arguably, Ji is one of the co-stars along with Dan Inosanto and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. An oversight by the producers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 Does anyonre know why Ji Han Jae gets no screen credit in Robert Clouse's version of Game of Death? Good ol' Chuck Norris does yet his 'role' is lifted from Way of the Dragon while Ji was part of the original shooting. Arguably, Ji is one of the co-stars along with Dan Inosanto and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. An oversight by the producers? I think originally he wasn't going to be in it. His character is never referred to, there is no mention of him on the trailers, and he is totally absent from one of the two Asian edits - the one that is on HK DVD. I suspect the plan was to save his footage for a sequel. Note the sound fx for his fight in the English version is different - better! - than the sound fx in the rest of the film. He was probably a last minute re-insertion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted October 25, 2011 Author Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 Thanks KM, good points there mate. in one version his fight comes 1/2 way thru the film...wonder if that was where it was meant to be for asian audiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sdog2006 Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 Does anyonre know why Ji Han Jae gets no screen credit in Robert Clouse's version of Game of Death? Good ol' Chuck Norris does yet his 'role' is lifted from Way of the Dragon while Ji was part of the original shooting. Arguably, Ji is one of the co-stars along with Dan Inosanto and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. An oversight by the producers? My guess is that he requested not to have screen credit. Game of Death was unique in that a load of footage was in the can, years prior to the film being completed and the main player was dead. This effected several elements of the movie including credits, shitty special effects, use of doubles and taste (actual funeral footage). Chuck Norris declined to participate, so GH gave him a "F*ck You Then" by including archive footage, which I find hilarious. Norris settled with them out of court. Game of Death was a money spinning disaster area and if Bruce Lee could have came back from the dead then Brandon Lee's role in The Crow would have been art imitating life by the time it was made. I was always confused as to why Dan Inosanto went anywhere near it but he probably felt it was the only way to get Lee's final footage shown. Having said that Game of Death is a guilty pleasure because thankfully GH had Sammo Hung on the set. Everything else about it is toilet shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 I was always confused as to why Dan Inosanto went anywhere near it but he probably felt it was the only way to get Lee's final footage shown. I'm sure they could have made the film without him...witness the hilarious Kareem stand-in, or rather, sit-in. The things that are good about the 78 film? Sammo's choreography - I understand he didn't do the first two fights we see, which are rubbish! John Barry's music Colleen Camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sdog2006 Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 I'm sure they could have made the film without him...witness the hilarious Kareem stand-in, or rather, sit-in. The things that are good about the 78 film? Sammo's choreography - I understand he didn't do the first two fights we see, which are rubbish! John Barry's music Colleen Camp I think Dean Jagger choreographed them:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted October 25, 2011 Author Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 Yeah, it's such a guilty pleasure, both fascinating and exploitave trash at the same time. I have to say that it gets stronger as a film from the 'locker room' scene onwards but the first half is so much crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 I think Dean Jagger choreographed them:wink: Jagger does seem astoundingly senile/drunk/both in GAME OF DEATH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sdog2006 Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 Jagger does seem astoundingly senile/drunk/both in GAME OF DEATH. Partying with Gig Young I reckon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 "You bee-utifuuul baas-taaard!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member andy338 Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 The locker room fight is excellent, the front somersault kick that Yuen Biao performs to free himself from Bob Walls hold still amazes me to this day, the skill, timing and control involved is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 Full credit to Sammo - Bob Wall actually looks capable of fighting here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member andy338 Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 Full credit to Sammo - Bob Wall actually looks capable of fighting here! Full credit to Bob Wall too for taking a hit for the somersault kick I mentioned, check it out at 5:02 - Painful! Obviously it looks bad in slow motion but Biao would have been rotating at top speed so that would have had to hurt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uFXMs2i7qo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted October 25, 2011 Member Share Posted October 25, 2011 "You bee-utifuuul baas-taaard!" Po'!... Carl!... Po'!!! My guess is that he requested not to have screen credit. Can you blame him? Game of Death was unique in that a load of footage was in the can, years prior to the film being completed and the main player was dead. Way more than the dumbasses elected to utilize... and There was a complete storyline available however, Chow decided to opt out and not ask Linda whom he had been giving a runaround! This effected several elements of the movie including credits, shitty special effects, use of doubles and taste (actual funeral footage). If I could have, I'd have murdered Chow, for that decision alone! Chuck Norris declined to participate, so GH gave him a "F*ck You Then" by including archive footage, which I find hilarious. Norris settled with them out of court. Chow is a real SOB eh? I was always confused as to why Dan Inosanto went anywhere near it but he probably felt it was the only way to get Lee's final footage shown. That was Dan's Hollywood era. Having said that Game of Death is a guilty pleasure because thankfully GH had Sammo Hung on the set. And thanks to the now deceased Kim Tai Chung:ooh:, for giving the illusion of capturing a touch of Bruce in this most difficult production. Everything else about it is toilet shit! Is there any other kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Goodnight Posted October 29, 2011 Member Share Posted October 29, 2011 I think Dean Jagger choreographed them:wink: Ha Ha, nice one. To be honest, Dean Jagger does move quicker in GOD than he did in Bad Day at Black Rock, which was made about a million years before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted October 29, 2011 Member Share Posted October 29, 2011 the old man disguise used to scare my 6/7 yr old ass.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted October 30, 2011 Member Share Posted October 30, 2011 Sammo's choreography - I understand he didn't do the first two fights we see, which are rubbish! Sammo couldn't have done the "garden fight" (with Billy Lo vs Dean Jagger and his men)... that fight always looked shitty to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sdog2006 Posted October 30, 2011 Member Share Posted October 30, 2011 Ha Ha, nice one. To be honest, Dean Jagger does move quicker in GOD than he did in Bad Day at Black Rock, which was made about a million years before. Absolutely terrific film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted October 31, 2011 Member Share Posted October 31, 2011 Sammo couldn't have done the "garden fight" (with Billy Lo vs Dean Jagger and his men)... that fight always looked shitty to me. Who could have choreographed those scenes Sammo didn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sdog2006 Posted October 31, 2011 Member Share Posted October 31, 2011 Who could have choreographed those scenes Sammo didn't? Highly possible that the stuntmen and Kim Tai Jong put them together. Sammo had a nightmare on that film with scheduling and was perhaps not available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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